2003 Indiana Fever season

The 2003 WNBA season was the 4th for the Indiana Fever. The Fever attempted to reach the playoffs, but they fell short by one game.

2003 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Nell Fortner
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,340 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	Former Team
7	Sylvia Crawley (C)	United States	Portland Fire

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	6	Gwen Jackson (F)	United States	Tennessee
2	20	DeTrina White (F)	United States	LSU
3	35	Ashley McElhiney (G)	United States	Vanderbilt

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	25	9	.735	–	13–4	12–5	18–6
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	13–4	5–12	12–12
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	11–13
Cleveland Rockers ^x	17	17	.500	8.0	11–6	6–11	13–11
Indiana Fever ^o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	12–12
New York Liberty ^o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	11–13
Washington Mystics ^o	9	25	.265	16.0	3–14	6–11	7–17

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 29	@ Charlotte	57-66	Loss	0-1
May 31	Washington	71-60	Win	1-1
June 7	New York	86-66	Win	2-1
June 10	@ Seattle	51-78	Loss	2-2
June 12	@ Los Angeles	66-74	Loss	2-3
June 14	@ Sacramento	79-67	Win	3-3
June 17	Charlotte	71-60	Win	4-3
June 20	Connecticut	84-74	Win	5-3
June 21	@ Minnesota	58-66	Loss	5-4
June 24	@ Detroit	60-68	Loss	5-5
June 26	@ Connecticut	94-90 (OT)	Win	6-5
June 28	Seattle	79-70	Win	7-5
June 29	@ Cleveland	53-66	Loss	7-6
July 2	Phoenix	79-68	Win	8-6
July 6	Detroit	85-54	Win	9-6
July 8	@ Houston	56-60	Loss	9-7
July 10	New York	76-69	Win	10-7
July 16	Detroit	68-70	Loss	10-8
July 20	@ New York	65-73	Loss	10-9
July 23	San Antonio	81-47	Win	11-9
July 24	@ Washington	80-75	Win	12-9
July 26	Minnesota	65-70	Loss	12-10
July 29	@ Washington	92-91 (OT)	Win	13-10
August 2	@ Detroit	58-72	Loss	13-11
August 3	@ Connecticut	55-66	Loss	13-12
August 7	Houston	55-68	Loss	13-13
August 9	Cleveland	62-66	Loss	13-14
August 10	@ Cleveland	67-71	Loss	13-15
August 12	Washington	80-84	Loss	13-16
August 16	Charlotte	69-63	Win	14-16
August 20	@ Charlotte	50-80	Loss	14-17
August 22	@ New York	64-51	Win	15-17
August 23	Cleveland	59-46	Win	16-17
August 25	Connecticut	62-72	Loss	16-18

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Tamika Catchings	34	272	114	72	35	671
Natalie Williams	34	255	46	43	21	457
Kristen Rasmussen	33	115	64	24	15	226
Stephanie McCarty	28	41	58	34	6	194
Kelly Schumacher	34	99	20	7	24	189
Coretta Brown	30	41	31	21	4	186
Niele Ivey	27	32	71	29	7	135
Nikki McCray	34	51	49	37	2	131
Coquese Washington	20	29	48	14	2	63
Bridget Pettis	31	19	8	4	1	49
Sonja Henning	23	25	29	14	0	24
Leigh Aziz	7	9	1	0	4	10
Zuzi Klimesova	1	0	0	0	0	2

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References

1. "2003 Indiana Fever Stats".